Protectimus vs Duo Security: A Complete MFA Comparison
Duo Security and Protectimus are both OATH-based multi-factor authentication providers, but they differ in deployment model, hardware token support, and pricing structure. This comparison covers server-side deployment, supported technologies, features, authentication methods, hardware token support, and pricing to help you decide which fits your environment. Quick Verdict Duo Security is a cloud-based MFA service from Cisco built...
Duo Security vs Protectimus: Features
In Duo Security vs Protectimus, we touched on all the aspects of Duo and Protectimus two-factor authentication solutions. We examined the technologies these companies use, their methods of delivering one-time passwords, the availability of an API and pre-made plugins for integration, pricing, availability in cloud-based and on-premise forms, and — briefly — the features of each solution. In this article, we describe in greater detail...
Duo Security vs Protectimus: Authentication Methods
You can find a general comparison of the Duo Security and Protectimus two-factor authentication solutions in the article “Duo Security vs Protectimus“. In it, we explore the features and technologies used by Duo and Protectimus, the availability of these solutions in cloud-based and on-premise forms, integration options and prices, and the authentication methods offered by each company. Here, we describe the authentication...
How to Make a Profit out of Voice Call Based 2FA
You thought all hackers are bad? It’s not so simple: in IT circles there has long been a distinction between “black hat” and “white hat” code crackers. The first are easily understood: they are using their skills to deprive users and companies of money, and also prey on other valuable information for the purposes of identity theft. But there are those who engage in hacking, not for gain, but with humanitarian and scientific motives....
What Hides Beneath SMS Authentication?
We have to pay for everything in life. Whatever you may call it — the law of conservation of energy, karma, or Divine Providence — that is how it is and how it will always be. In the 19th century, a postal courier loyal to his sovereign would risk his life delivering a letter to the addressee, which took up to a month, protecting it from any possible foes. In the 21st century, data exchange is carried out instantly, but it is a lot...